BetsyS.

Bon Voyage! 🥂😊 I'm happy for all of you. Very exciting!

Bon Voyage! 😊🥂

Bon Voyage! 🥂😊 I'm glad your ship will be the only one at the pier tomorrow.

Thanks for all your updates and great pictures! The crew has worked a lot of overtime hours getting decorations, food and drinks ready for Chinese New Year, Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, and Valentine's Day! 😊 Happy Valentine's Day to all on board the Zuiderdam!

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Toad - My stepfather and I boarded the Zuiderdam in July 2023. Our boarding time was 3:15 PM. We arrived at terminal at 2:50 PM. There was no line and no waiting. We were the only passengers in the terminal at that time. Check-in was very quick. We loved the Zuiderdam.

Bon Voyage to all! 😊🥂

RuthC - I agree with everything you said. My stepfather and I boarded the Niew Statendam in Boston in August 2022 also. We had to wait one hour outside the terminal in a long line. After we entered the building, we had to wait another hour. It was chaotic. However, after we got on the ship everything was fine and we had a great time.

Bon Voyage to all! 😊🥂

Haljo1935 - Congratulations on your Stars win and your Mavericks win! 😊 Bravo! I agree with you about the not-service animals. The women from Guest Services should not have been patting the dog. The dogs should not be in a stroller and they should not have been on the ship. I hope you will get a letter from HAL that addresses the evidence you reported about the dogs on your cruise. A generic letter is not adequate. I agree with what you said about HAL - they do so many things right, but this is not one of them.

Haljo1935 - Congratulations on your Stars win!! 😊

CruiserBruce - I agree with you. I'm not on Facebook or Instagram, but on every cruise I've been on people are posting about their cruises on social media. That's announcing that they're not home. Years ago when I lived in Boston, two TV anchors who were married were on vacation. The station announced that "Chet and Nat are in the Caribbean." Their house was robbed.

Seasick Sailor - My stepfather and I were on the Zuiderdam July-August 2023. We had an overnight in Reykjavik. Our room steward and his friends were planning to go to KFC. I left him a note in the morning with some Icelandic krona. It's great when there's an overnight and the crew can have some fun ashore. Where were you when you bought the KFC?

I did not do the video either.

Agree that Ruth is right. In 2018 I was on the (old) Rotterdam. A crew member in the Lido buffet said you cannot take food off the ship, but you can bring food onboard the ship.

Jacqui - Have you checked your spam folder?

SDARCH - My answer was the same as well - 3 consecutive ports before a sea day. I'm glad that HAL wants our feedback.

Another question asked was how many consecutive ports I would prefer before a sea day. It was multiple choice.

I got the email today. Many questions about why I look the cruise, how many did I take, did I like a new ship or a smaller ship, would I take the cruise if it involved a long international flight, etc. It asked if I wanted to go to new destinations or if I preferred visiting places I had been to before.

Have a great day tomorrow! 😊

Thanks for the pictures! I love the penguins! 😊

TravelBluebird - Safe travels home! 😊

My family and I loved the Veendam too! We miss it.

slewis7 - Bon Voyage! 🥂😊

Roy - I'm very sorry the Ravens didn't win yesterday. My stepfather and I watched the game. We were rooting for them all season.